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2026 May 11
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Sun-synchronous Satellites - India

This a list of satellites in sun-synchronous orbit operated by India ordered by LTDN - Local Time at the Descending Node. Names are not necessarily those by which they are known in the NORAD catalogue used by SpaceTrack.

It is a snapshot and is updated daily. The measure that results in an entry in this table is that the drift rate of LTDN (Local Time at the Descending Node) is no more than twenty four minutes each year. Some satellites may have higher drift rates but they may still be acceptable to their owners/operators. They do not appear here. On the converse, although a satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit, it is not necessarily active.

Updated: 2026 May 7, 23:03 UTC

LTDN Satellite Cat
no
Desig- nation Orbit
Epoch
Orbit
05:57EOS 04 (Earth Observation Satellite 4)516562022-013A2026 May 7527 x 529 km, 95.2 min, 97°.5
08:51Cartosat 2B367952010-035A2026 May 7626 x 641 km, 97.4 min, 98°.0
09:24EMISat (Electromagnetic Intelligence-gathering Satellite)440782019-018A2026 May 7733 x 759 km, 99.7 min, 98°.5
09:28Cartosat 2D419482017-008A2026 May 7504 x 511 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:28Cartosat 2F431112018-004A2026 May 6506 x 509 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:30Cartosat 2C415992016-040A2026 May 7503 x 514 km, 94.8 min, 97°.5
09:30Cartosat 2E427672017-036C2026 May 7505 x 511 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:38Cartosat 3448042019-081A2026 May 7501 x 516 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:56HySIS437192018-096A2026 May 7633 x 634 km, 97.4 min, 98°.0
09:59Resourcesat 2373872011-015A2026 May 7812 x 828 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8
10:24Resourcesat 2A418772016-074A2026 May 7818 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8
10:29LEAP-1653212025-188G2026 May 7592 x 596 km, 96.6 min, 97°.7
10:31FFLY03653192025-188E2026 May 7585 x 594 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
10:32FFLY01653202025-188F2026 May 7583 x 596 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
10:32FFLY02653222025-188H2026 May 7581 x 597 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
12:03EOS 06 (Earth Observation Satellite 6)543612022-158A2026 May 7734 x 737 km, 99.5 min, 98°.4
17:57SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa)390862013-009A2026 May 7780 x 784 km, 100.5 min, 98°.6
18:01NISAR650532025-163A2026 May 7749 x 751 km, 99.8 min, 98°.4

For the satellites that do not have formal published elements, thanks go to the radio and visual amateur satellite trackers for their observing, and particularly to Mike McCants for archiving the derived orbits.

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